Binder finger



Nov. 3, 1925' O. LANDRY BINDER FINGER Filed Jan. 19. 1924 2 Sbeets-$heet 1 Oneseme Landry INVENTOR ATTORNEY WITNESS:

Nov. 3, 1925. I 1,560,478

0. LANDRY I BINDER FINGER Filod Jan. 19. 1924 Patented Nov. 3, 1925.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ONESEME LANDRY, OF NEW BEDFORD, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO DRAPER COR- PORATION, OF HOPEDALE, MASSACHUSETTS, A CORPORATION OF MAINE.

BINDER FINGER.

Application filed January 19, 1924. Serial No. 687,293.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that ONESE'ME LANDRY, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at New Bedford, in the county of Bristol and State of Massachusetts, has invented new and useful Improvements in Binder Fingers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an attachment for looms, the general object of the invention being to provide a novel dagger attachment which bears yieldingly upon the binder and thereby eliminates the necessity of the spring used on the binder, holds the shuttle in the box, prevents rebound, and in case of a knock-off prevents any crushing action upon the shuttle thru the binder.

The invention also consists in certain other novel features of construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, to be hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the appended claim.

In describing the invention in detail, reference will be -had to the accompanying drawings, wherein like characters denote like or corresponding parts thruout the several views, and in which Fig. 1 is a front elevation of portions of a loom provided with the present invention;

Fig. 2 is an enlarged plan view, some of the parts being broken away, showing the invention and its relation to parts of the shuttle box;

Fig. 3 is an enlarged side elevation showing the device of the present invention detached;

Fig. t is a rear elevation of the device; and

Fig. 5 is a transverse section thru the pivotal connection of the main body of the device and the finger.

As shown in the drawings, the device consists of the body 1, the finger 2, which is pivoted to the body by the bolt 3, and the spring 4, which engages the projections 5 on the body and finger and tends to hold the finger in an upright position. The body 1 is provided with a hole or opening 6 for reoeivin the dagger which extends frontwardly r0111 the-protector rod as usual, and the body is held on the dagger by means such as set screws 7, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4.

From the foregoing it will be seen that when the body 1 is in place on the dagger, the finger 2 will bear against the binder B, as indicated in Fig. 2, and as the shuttle enters the shuttle box the finger 2 will be tilted on its pivot 3, which movement is.

resisted by the spring so that the spring acts as a shock absorber and thereby eliminates strain on the binder, the box, the shuttle and the dagger.

By using this device, the spring usually employed in connection with the shuttle binder may be omitted, because the spring actuated finger 2 renders such binder spring unnecessary. The spring actuated finger 2 holds the shuttle in the shuttle box and likewise prevents banging off of the loom {yhen the shuttle properly enters the shuttle Should the shuttle not properly enter the box, the dagger will remain in lowered posi tion to stop the loom as usual and at such times the yieldingly mounted finger 2 avoids any undue crushing action against the binder and finger.

It is thought from the foregoing description that the advantages and novel features of the invention will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art.

It is desired to be understood that changes may be made in the construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, provided that such changes fall. within the scope of the appended claim.

What I claim is In combination with the protector rod of a loom having a dagger, a body having an opening therein to receive the dagger rod for a connection therewith, a finger pivoted to the upper end of the body, confronting projections on the body and finger, a coil spring having its ends surrounding the projections and tending to resist movement of the finger on its pivot, and said finger hav ing. its upper end in contacting engagement withthe binder of the loom for the purpose specified.-

In testimony whereof I have aliixed my signature.

onnseMu LANDRYL 

